: I have just put my first coat of varnish on my guilly and have a potentially
: dumb question. Everything that I have read says to sand lightly between
: coats. Is this to help the varnish stick, or smooth out the bumps? I was
: thinking that if I could do 4 coats, then sand smooth, then do the final 2
: coats it would cut down on the dust in the shop and shorten the varnishing
: time. Am I missing something important? I realise that there will probably
: be some witness lines where I sanded through a coat of varnish, but as I
: recall these will disapear with the next coat?

: Please let me know.

: Here is a pic so far. It looks sooooooo much better with the varnish on.

: JJ

Nice fishy! Is that pine? I'm using pine on some inlays of my own.

On my S&G hull I did two coats of varnish then wet sanded smooth before the final coat. On the deck I added another two coats and another wet sand then a final fifth finish coat. I was really happy with how it turned out.

--KT--